Genealogy and DNA-testing behemoth Ancestry.com is selling 75% of itself to alternative asset manager Blackstone Group, according to a report from Bloomberg. The total deal is valued at $4.7 billion ...

(Reuters) - Blackstone Group Inc <BX.N> said on Wednesday it agreed to acquire genealogy provider Ancestry.com Inc from private equity rivals for $4.7 billion, including debt, placing a big bet on ...

Who owns Ancestry.com? The website is owned by Blackstone, a leading global investment firm. Blackstone acquired a majority stake in Ancestry from Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum Equity, and other existing ...

Ancestry.com, Inc. (Ancestry.com) is an online family history resource. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had over 1.4 million paying subscribers worldwide. The foundation of its service is a ...

US President Barack Obama is related to former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and radio host Rush Limbaugh, according to the family history website Ancestory.com that says Obama and Palin are distant ...

Utah-based genealogy site Ancestry.com just announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Silicon Valley-based startup Inflection to acquire its competitor Archives.com for $100 ...

Signing up for Ancestry.com's DNA test requires that you license your DNA data to them, and this data could potentially be shared by them with third parties. What's False Allowing Ancestry.com to ...

It may seem like a niche market, but genealogy research is a booming business. Interest in family history has spawned televsion shows, books, magazines, and conferences. Ancestry.com, whose main ...

Genealogy website Ancestry.com Inc. has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by European private-equity firm Permira for about $1.6 billion, or $32 a share. The buyout is a bet that ...

Genealogy company Ancestory.com recently issued an apology for their latest slavery-inspired advertisement entitled, "Inseparable." Genealogy company Ancestory.com recently issued an apology for their ...